Matthew 21:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And said unto them,It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. ”

Matthew 21:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This paragraph contains the account of the barren fig-tree, and of the cleansing of the temple. See also Mark 11:12-19 ; Luke 19:45-48 . Matthew 21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God...
Matthew 21:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Cleansing of the Temple ( Mark 11:15-19 *, Luke 19:45-48 ; John 2:13-16 ). Mt. here omits the first part of Mk.'s divided account of the figtree, and links the Temple incident with the entry...
Matthew 21:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

It is written . It standeth written. My house, &c. . composite quotation from Isaiah 56:7 , and Jeremiah 7:11 . See App-107 and App-117. thieves . robbers. Same word as in Matthew 27:38 ;...
Matthew 21:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13. It is written. Christ quotes two passages taken out of two Prophets; the one from Isaiah 56:7 , and the other from Jeremiah 7:11 . What was written by Isaiah agreed with the circums...
Matthew 21:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. My house shall be called the house of prayer - This is taken from Isaiah 56:7 ....
Matthew 21:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But ye have made it a den of thieves— The Jews, reckoning the lower and outer court of the temple as a place of no sanctity, because it was designed for accommodatingthe Gentile proselytes in their...
Matthew 21:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? For the exposition, see Luke 19:1-48 after 5:44; and the notes at Mark 11:12-26 . Now commences, as Alford...
Matthew 21:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Triumphal Entry. Cleansing of the Temple Chronology of the Last Week of Christ's Life, commonly called Holy Week (chiefly after Hastings' 'Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels'). Sabbath, Nis...
Matthew 21:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

It is written. — The words which our Lord quotes are a free combination of two prophetic utterances: one from Isaiah’s vision of the future glory of the Temple, as visited both by Jew and Gentile (...
Matthew 21:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Lord of the Temple Matthew 21:8-17 It was only a crowd of poor people who escorted Jesus on Palm Sunday to the Holy City; but they sent their hosannas upward to the highest, and their shout...
Matthew 21:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this cleansing of the Temple for the second time-He had done the same at the outset of His ministry- the Lord revealed His conception of the secret of all civic righteousness and strength. He reve...
Matthew 21:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, (13) And said u...
Matthew 21:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And said unto them, it is written ,.... In Isaiah 56:7 . My house shall be called the house of prayer . These are the, words of God, calling the temple his house, which was built according to the...
Matthew 21:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. Ver. 13. Shall be called the house of prayer ] A principal piece of God's pu...
Matthew 21:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And Jesus went into the temple He did not go up to the court, or to the palace, though he came in as a king; but to the temple; for his kingdom is spiritual, and not of this world. It is in holy th...
Matthew 21:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

It is a moment of most serious significance as the Lord is now about to enter Jerusalem. He is to be publicly presented to Israel, yet in lowly grace, not in power and majesty. Two of His disciples a...
Matthew 21:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Profaners of the Temple Punished. 12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the t...
Matthew 21:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 21:14 " .
Matthew 21:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Ride Into Jerusalem (21:8-17). Passover time was always a time of high excitement and fervour. At that time pilgrims would be flooding into Jerusalem from Galilee and Peraea, as well as from J...
Matthew 21:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 21:12 . Cast out. —Apparently a second cleansing of the temple. See John 2:15-17 . Them that sold and bought in the temple. —The first person to introduce this sacrilegi...
Matthew 21:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 21:1 . When they were come to Bethphage. The rabbins dispute about the etymon of this village, whether it mean the “house of the fountain,” as is the literal import; or the “house of gross...
Matthew 21:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold. The purification of the temple I. This act shows the mind of Jesus concerning the reverence which is due to the house of...
Matthew 21:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 21:1-40 Triumphal entry into Jerusalem . ( Mark 11:1-41 ; Luke 19:29-42 ; John 12:12-43 .) Matthew 21:1 We have come to the last week of our Lord's earthly life,...
Matthew 21:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Christ Visits the Temple.
Matthew 21:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 56:7 ; Jeremiah 7:11 ; John 15:25 ; Luke 19:46 ; Mark 11:17 ; Matthew 2:5 ; Psalms 93:5
Matthew 21:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A den of thieves — A proverbial expression, for a harbour of wicked men. Isaiah 56:7 ; Jeremiah 7:11 .

Matthew 21:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 21:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 21:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 21:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 21:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 21:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 21:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 21:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 21:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 21:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 21:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 21:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 21:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 21:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 21:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 21:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 21:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 21:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 21:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 21:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 21:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 21:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 21:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 21:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 21:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 21:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes